Using Microsoft Ajax Minifier Tool to Minify JavaScript Files

The increased use of JavaScript and libraries based on JavaScript (such as ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery) results in a considerable amount of JavaScript being downloaded on the client side. The need for large amounts of JavaScript to be downloaded may result in your website getting a performance penalty for obvious reasons. In such cases it is recommended to reduce the size of JavaScript files by using minification techniques. To that end Microsoft Ajax Minifier, a tool to compress JavaScript and CSS files, can greatly reduce the size of such files thus improving the performance of your web application. In this article you will learn the basics of using Microsoft Ajax Minifier tool and certain programming recommendations to get most out of the minification process.

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